How To Install gem on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem on Kali Linux. gem is Graphics Environment for Multimedia - Pure Data library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem on Kali Linux.

What is gem

gem is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package contains the core library. If you want to use external data (live video capture, film footage, still images,…), you have to install one (or all) of the gem-plugin-* packages.

There are three methods to install gem on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gem Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install gem using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gem

Install gem Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem

Install gem Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gem using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem

How To Uninstall gem on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gem package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem

Uninstall gem And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem

Remove gem Configurations and Data

To remove gem configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem

Remove gem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem

Dependencies

gem have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.